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News

Sussex Day

May 26, 2022 Chris Hare

Did you know that Sussex was once a kingdom with its own king? Or that the Sussex flag dates back

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Sussex Day

April 6, 2022 Chris Hare

Sussex Day, Thursday 16th June 2022 Sussex has its own special day – 16th June – and this year the

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The Last Blog

December 20, 2021December 22, 2021 Chris Hare

So, here were are – two years on and the last blog. This has been a hugely successful project, all

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Caring for our natural world, young and old together

November 30, 2021 Chris Hare

One born in the 1940s, one born on the 2010s, but both concerned about what we are doing to our

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Remember, Remember, the Fifth of November

November 8, 2021 Chris Hare

No one quite knows how long the people of Lewes have been commemorating the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot in

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Richard Jefferies

October 7, 2021October 7, 2021 Chris Hare

The COP26 Climate Conference will be held in Scotland from the 8th – 20th November this year. All agree that

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Medieval Life in the South Downs

August 17, 2021August 18, 2021 Chris Hare

During April this year, South Downs Generations project manager, Chris Hare, gave talks to primary school children about life in

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Cissbury Ring Visit

August 10, 2021August 10, 2021 Chris Hare

On June 17th 2021, Chris Hare took children from Findon School on a tour of the great hillfort and flint

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History Training Workshop

July 15, 2021 Chris Hare

Chris led an oral history training workshop for teachers and teaching assistants at Bury School last November   

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More tales of Old Sussex

May 5, 2021September 8, 2021 Chris Hare

I am delighted that we have now uploaded two new interviews, both with men whose Sussex memories go back to

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